# power: supply: lp8788-charger: fix use-after-free on remove

CVE record · `CVE-2026-89468`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-89468`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** No CVSS score
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 11 Sept 2026
- **Updated:** 30 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 11 Sept 2026, 19:43 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `98a2766493589c18c327ae3dad5243b53fcb5f70 to before 8758fe39a993f86998c8071826150b8859902497` (git)
  - affected: `98a2766493589c18c327ae3dad5243b53fcb5f70 to before 4e3d3923976a986cc3cf960d13f1264cea8a9bba` (git)
  - affected: `98a2766493589c18c327ae3dad5243b53fcb5f70 to before 88d8eadfad5d9ff967e74090152940bcfa27df69` (git)
  - affected: `98a2766493589c18c327ae3dad5243b53fcb5f70 to before b3aa1e9509e1b0a863353356d617fb45d1b6250a` (git)
  - affected: `98a2766493589c18c327ae3dad5243b53fcb5f70 to before b4eb6a056b441ba0caedfbfc42cec501acf12f67` (git)
  - affected: `98a2766493589c18c327ae3dad5243b53fcb5f70 to before 831c29a12d560f8a3225f43050b3fbb5dfd79c66` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `3.7`
  - unaffected: `before 3.7` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.1.191 to 6.1.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.160 to 6.6.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12.109 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.50 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2.4 to 7.2.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.3 to *, inclusive` (original_commit_for_fix)
  - Other versions: affected

## Machine-written summary

Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.

> The Linux kernel's lp8788-charger power supply driver has a use-after-free flaw on device removal, with affected ranges given by commit hashes plus "affected 3.7" and stable branches 6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.12.109 and 6.18.50 onward as unaffected. The source gives few details on who can trigger it or what an attacker gains. Upgrade to a fixed kernel release for your branch, such as a stable version containing the fix.

Written 12 Nov 2026.

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

No source has published a CVSS score for this record yet.

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0017, the 6th percentile, on 14 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 11 Sept 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-89468](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-89468)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-89468](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-89468)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8758fe39a993f86998c8071826150b8859902497>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e3d3923976a986cc3cf960d13f1264cea8a9bba>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88d8eadfad5d9ff967e74090152940bcfa27df69>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3aa1e9509e1b0a863353356d617fb45d1b6250a>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b4eb6a056b441ba0caedfbfc42cec501acf12f67>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/831c29a12d560f8a3225f43050b3fbb5dfd79c66>

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